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Can I read Murder in the Red Chamber on EtoBox?
Murder in the Red Chamber by Ashibe, Taku is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Murder in the Red Chamber about?
Murder in the Red Chamber, first published in Japanese by Bungei Shunju as part of its "Mystery Masters" series, is set in the world of the original Dream of the Red Chamber, the masterwork of eighteenth-century Chinese fiction by Cao Xueqin. Building skillfully on that famous background, Ashibe plays out a most formidable murder mystery set in Peking during the late Qing dynasty. The tale opens with the visitation of Jia Yuan-chun, esteemed daughter of the prosperous Jia family and newly instated concubine to the emperor.In preparation for her arrival, the Jias have constructed a magnificent homage in land known as Prospect Garden. After an all too brief celebration, as a parting gift to her beloved family Yuan-chun decrees that her sisters and closest female cousins relocate from their homes to the Garden proper, along with her brother Bao-yu.Little do they know what horrors await them.During an evening gathering, one of the young maidens of the Garden is brutally murdered in plain sight. This spectacle sets off a series of mysterious deaths. Lai Shang-rong, a local magistrate and Chief Inspector in service to the Jias, is specially commissioned to investigate the goings on and g
Who reads Murder in the Red Chamber?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Ashibe, Taku
- Publisher
- Kurodahan Press
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9784902075854
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Thriller, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.88 / 5 (1 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13